The impact of paraprofessional home visitors on infants’ growth and health at 18 months

Vulnerable Children and Youth Studies

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 291-304

  Le Roux, Ingrid M ^a   Rotheram Borus, Mary Jane ^b   Stein, Judith ^b   Tomlinson, Mark ^c  

^a Philani Child Health and Nutrition Project   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

HIV; home visitors; infant diarrhoea; perinatal health

Indexed keywords

EID: 84907591446     PISSN: 17450128     EISSN: 17450136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17450128.2014.940413     Document Type: Article

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